Rebec by Have Audio Kontakt instrument artwork for medieval bowed rebec sounds

Rebec: Medieval Bowed Strings Kontakt Instrument by Have Audio

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Rebec is a Kontakt instrument from Have Audio that samples a two-string medieval rebec, a bowed folk instrument. It includes 375 samples and requires the full version of Kontakt 5.6.8 or later.

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01Overview

Rebec is a sample-based instrument from Have Audio that captures the sound of a bowed rebec, the stringed instrument played by minstrels at medieval and early Renaissance feasts. The samples were taken from a Spanish rebec, known as a rabel, built in a remote village in the Cantabria mountains. The library runs inside Kontakt and covers an instrument range from F2 to A3, with a set of articulations for sustained, short and plucked playing.

Best for

Medieval soundtrack scoring
Folk and world music
Cinematic atmospheres
Ornamented melodic lines
Percussive bowed textures

Developer: Have Audio
Category: Kontakt Instruments
Requires: Kontakt
Store: Plugin Boutique

02Key features

What you get

375 samples in .ncw format
Over 295MB uncompressed sample content
Single NKI file for Kontakt
Instrument range from F2 to A3
Fifteen articulations, including vibrato and staccato
Mordente variations for ornamented phrases
Organic and raw pizzicato options
Body percussions and ominous textures

03In depth

Sound and Articulations of the Rebec Samples

The library offers fifteen articulations, including long vibrato, intimate long vibrato, strong vibrato and sustain without vibrato. Short-note options include staccato, stabs and three mordente variations. For plucked and percussive colors, the set includes organic pizzicato, raw pizzicato, body percussions and tremolo.

The instrument also includes special effects and ominous textures for atmospheric parts. Have Audio says the rebec was sampled as a raw, primal instrument with a body of unfinished wood and lamb skin head, and the samples keep that rough character.

Using Rebec in Kontakt Projects

Rebec is delivered as a single NKI file containing 375 samples in .ncw format, totaling over 295MB uncompressed. The instrument is built for Kontakt and will not run in the free Kontakt Player. Producers working with medieval, folk or cinematic material can use the articulation set to build melodic lines, ornamented phrases and rhythmic accents from one instrument.

The Caffè Antico engine, which Have Audio describes as expanding the instrument's playability, is the basis of the performance layer.

04Specs